| Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL March 19, 2017 Gospel Preached to the Dead |
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY 1 Peter 4:6
"For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit."
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QUOTE OF THE DAY Joseph Smith
"All those who die in the faith go to the prison of spirits to preach to the dead in body, but they are alive in the spirit; and those spirits preach to the spirits [who are in prison] that they may live according to God in the spirit, and men do minister for them in the flesh; . . . and they are made happy by these means. Therefore, those who are baptized for their dead are the saviors on Mount Zion, and they must receive their washings and their anointings for their dead the same as for themselves" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, p. 474). |
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2 Nephi 29:1-12
Doctrine & Covenants 42:43-59
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TODAY IN CHURCH HISTORY March 19
1830 - An advertisement appeared in the Wayne Sentinel, a Palmyra, New York, newspaper, stating that copies of the Book of Mormon would be ready to sell in a week.
1831 - The Prophet wrote, "At about this time came Leman Copley, one of the sect called Shaking Quakers, and embraced the fulness of the everlasting Gospel, apparently honest-hearted, but still retaining the idea that the Shakers were right in some particulars of their faith. In order to have a more perfect understanding on the subject, I inquired of the Lord, and received the following." The Prophet then recorded the revelation known as Doctrine and Covenants 49. (History of the Church, 1:167-169).
1834 - The Prophet Joseph continued on his return journey to Kirtland, Ohio, spending the night at Brother McWithey's tavern.
1836 - The Prophet Joseph wrote, "Read Hebrew with the morning class. Spent the day in attending to my domestic concerns and the affairs of the Church" (History of the Church, 2:408).
1843 - The Prophet Joseph records, "Rode out with Emma and visited my farm; returned about eleven, a.m., and spent the remainder of the day at home" (History of the Church, 5:307).
1851 - The Provo Stake, the first stake in Utah south of Salt Lake City, is organized by President Brigham Young.
1897 - President Wilford Woodruff recorded his testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith on a wax-cylinder device invented by Thomas Edison with the help of his son-in-law, Joseph J. Daynes, Jr. It was the first recording of the voice of a President of the Church. President Woodruff had recently turned ninety-years-old. (Click Here to hear President Woodruff)
1968 - Missionaries arrive in Singapore for the first time.
1999 - The Madrid Spain Temple is dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley.
2000 - The Louisville Kentucky Temple is dedicated by President Thomas S. Monson, First Counselor in the First Presidency.
2006 - The first meetinghouse constructed by the Church in Malaysia was dedicated by Elder Daryl H. Garn of the Seventy and Asia Area President. The meetinghouse will be used by members of the Miri Branch in Sarawak.
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